Australite Tektite, 2.18g, South-Western Australia

Australite Tektite, 2.18g, South-Western AustraliaAustralites are tektites, a natural glass created during a meteorite impact. Australites formed about 700,000 800,000 years ago when a massive meteorite impacted Earth. The impact glass was blasted high into the upper atmosphere, where it cooled and began its descent back to Earth. As the tektites re entered our atmosphere, traveling at high velocity, aero dynamic ablation occurred, causing the outer surface of the tektite to melt away, leaving the

they're almost never available to purchase

Here in Arizona

This octahedral fluorite is a soft blush pink with peach undertones

These interference markings are like nature’s signatures—ghostly impressions of a former mineral that once competed for space

It's a very textural piece

Locality: Karengerenge

Canyon Diablo meteorites

the crystals stop growing and the pattern freezes

Weight: 53

pale yellow

Weight: 13

Moldavite is the only Tektite with a translucent luminous green color